I'm a small artist but do sign my work. I've been enjoying Lemmy for some time now and want to push this community to interact more and grow! So I thought one way I could contribute is to do a little AMA about what it's like as a signed artist making house music :)
For me it was networking via Facebook and supporting the labels who released the music I enjoyed. It doesn't go unnoticed. But for larger labels, I think it's about submitting good work consistently, even if the first few are rejected.